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Friday, November 23, 2012

DIY Holiday Ornament Garland

Oh my goodness it is my first DIY! This is super simple and easy ornament garland!

What You Will Need:

3 Box's of 50 count (150 total) ornaments

1 spool of thin ribbon

I bought mine from Target they have a set of matte, shiny and glittery ornaments and I love the bright color combinations and you obviously can pick what ever you want to do this.

Once spilling all of my ornaments on the ground, Mr. ManThing promptly mixed them all up for me.

Through each loop (where you would normally put your ornament hook) I ran the ribbion. I tied the first and last ornament to the ribbon to keep them from coming off by knotting them through the loops. It will take a while to get them all.

Once you get them started they'll start to lay one on top of the other like shown above.

This is about how long one box (50 count) looks like. It was way to short for what I needed but if this is what you want, you obviously can just stop here. I kept going with two more boxes (100 more) to get what the effect I needed.

Tada! This is what it looks like while it was done and put up! It was perfect and I love the little touch it added to my living room for Christmas.

This is how much 150 ornaments looks like and how long it is. I hope you guys enjoyed my first little DIY!

Did any of the ornaments pop off? I recently made an ornament wreath and when they are pushed together a few popped off, so I had to hot glue the ornament to the top (as the instructions said, but I decided to ignore that step and had to go back).

While I was making it a few popped off because I was packing them on as tightly as I could on the string. Once I realized that was why I loosened them up a bit on the ribbon and haven't had the problem since!

I see tons of DIY thing on Pintrest and pin most of them but never do any. But this one is a must have :) Going to do it for the gaps above my cupboards in the kitchen and cabniets in the living room. Maybe string some battery operated Chrigstmas lights through it too? Yay ty for the idea!

I wanted to thank you for this idea! I have a twelve foot tree that goes up in our foyer and regular garland just doesn't cut it on this enormous tree. I think making my own garland like this will be the perfect decoration on it (though I know it will take me a LOT of ornaments)!

I think I will make this as garland for on top of my fireplace mantle. I have a set of red and white lights that I think would be cute strung within the Christmas balls. I will have to find red and white ornaments!

I am going to try this, but I am going to use the really small balls. I would like to use it as garland for the Christmas tree. I hope to post you a pic to see the end result. Thanks for this idea!! Super cute and easy. My girls will love helping out with this one.

I did make this garland for Christmas and it turned out beautiful, thanks so much for sharing this great idea. If you want to see my results please go to:NancyLempinen2.blogspot.comThanks again for a fabulous idea!